Congratulations to:

Louis Burns, Executive Producer of Derry Musicians and Artists for Foyle Hospice for completion of a CD dedicated to the memory of former DPW member Steven Connolly. The CD will be launched at Sandino's Pub, Derry on Thursday, 4 October 2001 @ 2:30pm.

Congratulation also to two other DPW members: Madeline McCully, for the cover design,
and Aisling Doherty, one of its vocalists. The CD will be available at Cool Disks on Strand Road with proceeds donated to Foyle Hospice.

Final Reminder:

Yabo Yablonsky Script Writing Master Class (play and film) begins Tuesday, 9 October
2001 @ 2:00pm. There are a few openings still available. To enroll, contact Margie Bernard at margiebdc@eircom.net. There is no fee for this work shop.

Yablonsky will also direct his play 'Jews With out Money' featuring local talent. There are 18 roles in this play, six of them for young people under the age of 20. Auditions will be held 8, 9, 10 & 11 October atthe Derry Playhouse beginning at 4:00pm.

We have notified drama classes at local secondary schools and youth drama groups as well as adult drama groups. If you know of any such groups we should contact, please let us know.

Perseverance Pays Award:

Our first annual Perseverance Pays Award will be given to the writer who has received the most rejection slips this past year! This will be awarded at our Annual General Membership Meeting
17 October 2001.

Second Annual General
Membership Meeting:

Our second AGM will be held on Wednesday, 17 October 2001 beginning at 2:00pm in our office/meeting room on the second floor of 10-16 Pump
Street.

As required by our Constitution, we will consider the Annual Report of work done by or under the auspices of the Management Committee; a report of our financial status; election of officers and members to serve on the Management Committee; and the transaction of other such matters as may be considered necessary.

We will be sending you additional information prior to our meeting. If you cannot attend but wish to have some matter considered by the AGM, please submit it in writing no later than 10 October 2001.

DPW Website

For previous newsletters, events, contests, Master Classes, projects, etc., consult our website www.derryplayhousewriters.org.

If you want a brief biographical entry listed on our Website please post this to Margie Bernard at the address listed on the masthead of this newsletter or at margiebdc@eircom.net. Please keep this entry under four to five lines!

Management Committee:

Officers:
Chair: Ellen Factor
Vice-Chair: Madeline McCully

Secretary/Treasurer: Margie Bernard
General Members:
Ann Keys Colton
Bridie Conefry
Joe Duggan
Eugene Floyd
Don McCamphill

Mentors: David Gothard and Brian Foster.

Contests & Competitions:

The Trewithen Poetry Prize. Cash Awards for winners of poetry with a rural theme. Entry form obtained from: The Trewithen Poetry Prize;
Chy-An-Dour; Trewithen Moor; Sithiams, Truro, Cornwall TR3 7DU (enclose an SAE with request) or a form may be downloaded from
www.trewithenpoetry.co.uk. Closing Date: 31 October 2001

International Poetry Competition. Cash prizes range from 80 to 660. Poems may be either in English or Irish. Entry forms & guidelines
available from your local library or
www.dlrcoco.ie/library. Closing date: 6 October 2001.

If you know of any other contests we should consider entering, please submit them to DPW.

DPW Weekly Workshop:

We provide tea, support and sympathy for lost and lonely writers! Get out of your garret and join us at our space located at 10-16 Pump
Street, second floor, every Wednesday from Noon until 4:00pm.

Newsletter Items:

We welcome your contributions to our newsletter. If you know of upcoming events or contests,
please let us know so they can be included in future newsletters. It is preferable these be in writing and sent to: DPW, Derry Playhouse, 5-7 Artillery Street, Derry BT48 6RG. You may also e-mail these to margiebdc@eircom.net.

Submissions Welcomed:

The Residents Writers Review seeks poetry, short stories, extracts from a novel you're working on and/or article of interest to writers and writers groups. For further info contact Tina Brady on 07990 888 219 or via e-mail on tina.brady@ntlworld.com.

This publication is a new quarterly magazine which contains reviews, competitions, information, etc., and has been funded by ABC
Millennium Awards Scheme.

DPW Website:

For previous newsletters, events, contests, Master Classes, projects, etc., consult our website
www.derryplayhousewriters.org.

If you want a brief biographical entry listed on our Website please post this to Margie Bernard at the address listed on the masthead of this newsletter or at margiebdc@eircom.net. Please keep this entry under four to five lines!

REMINDER:

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If you order books on-line, please do so from Amazon.co.uk listed on our website. DPW receives five to fifteen percent of each sale which, once this reaches £10, is directly deposited into our Bank of Ireland account. Please tell your friends and acquaintance to order via our website as well. But please remember you must do this from our website connection to Amazon.co.uk.

So many gods, so many creeds, / So many paths that wind and wind, / While just the art of being kind / Is all the sad world needs.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, The World's Need.

Prose = words in their best order; Poetry = the best words in the best order.
Samuel T. Coleridge, Table Talk.